Improvement in attaching- hoes to their handles



met @wat @ihm g JAMES A. MARINE, OF MOORESVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF AND ALLEN 'I MANKER, OF SAME PLACE.

, Leners Patent No. 88,884, daad April 13, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN' ATTACHING- HOES TO THEIR HANDLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parl: of the same.

To whom 'it lma/y concern Be it known that I, J AMES A. MARINE, of Mooresville, iu the county of Morgan, in the State of Indiana, have invented a new aud improved Mode of Attaching Hoes to their Handles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

vand to the letters of reference marked. thereon.

My invention relates to a new method of attaching hoes, or other tools, to their handles; and

It consists in a combination of devices which accomplish the object; and

It also further consists in the means of changing the angle which the hoe or other thing may have with relation to the handle.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hoe.

Figure 2 is a horizontal View of section of same.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the ferrule.

Figure 4 is an upright sectional View of the hoe.

Figure 5 is a view ofthe hoe as cut from the plate; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the block to change the angle of hoe.

In .the drawingsl A represents the bladesof the hoe, cut from a plate of steel, and-has screw-bolt hole, a', and lug-holes, dd, made therein.

B is a metal ferrule on end of handle G, and has lugs d d', as seen in fig. 3, which enter holes d d, in plate A.

D is a metal block, for changing the angle which the blade of the hoe shall have with relation to its handle.

This block has lugs d', which, when used, enter the hole d in the blade; also a projection, e', which fits in slot c, on ferrule B, and assists in holding it in position when the angle is changed.

On this block are made twoor more notches, o o', which have such relation to ferrule B that it can be changed in its relative position with ferrule as seen in fig. 6.

a is a screw-bolt, which passes through washer c on The operation of attaching and changing the angle of the hoe is simple and obviou's, as ig. l represents the hoe when the parts are together and fixed for the hoe to be unchanged in its position, as seen in iig. 2, but when it is desired to change the angle of the hoe the screw-bolt a is withdrawn and the hoe-plate and ferrule B, as seen in figs. l and 2, detached, and the ferrule seen in fig. 4, without the lugs d d', is put on the handle, then nut, or block D is inserted in the ferrule, which extends beyond the end of the handle, and into the desirednotch, to give the proper angle, then the blade of the hoe is placed on nut D, the lugs d d entering holes dd,`when the screw-bolt and washer c are put iu position, and screw-bolt turned down on to washerc, and holding the hoe iirrnly in position.

I am aware that screw-bolts, washers, and screwnuts have been used .for the purpose of attaching hoes or other tools to their handles. None of `these devices, of themselves, do I claim, but having thus described my invention,

' What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of the screw-bolt a., washer c,

nut b, loose ferrule B, having lugs d d' and handle O, with the hoe-blade A, when constructed and arranged in the manner substantially as described.

2. The nut, or block D, when constructed to operate in the manner and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of the screw-bolt a, washer c, loose ferrule B, without d d and handle O, with the blade A, all constructed and arranged in the manner substantially as described.

J. A. MARINE.

Witnesses:

HENRY A. MYGATT, J AMES P. JONES. 

